Table 3.
Characteristics of patients described by Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs)
| n = 467 (%)a | |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 269 (57.4) |
| Age | |
| 18–24 | 43 (9.2) |
| 25–34 | 78 (16.6) |
| 35–44 | 143 (30.5) |
| 45–54 | 138 (29.4) |
| 55–60 | 65 (13.9) |
| In psychiatric care ≥ 3 years | 349 (74.5) |
| No legal confinement | 387 (82.5) |
| Diagnosis (DSM IV) | |
| Axis I | |
| Mood disorder | 228 (48.6) |
| Anxiety disorder | 107 (22.8) |
| Substance abuse disorder | 102 (21.7) |
| Somatoform disorder | 8 (1.7) |
| Factitious Disorder | 1 (0.2) |
| Dissociative disorder | 30 (6.4) |
| Sexual disorder | 7 (1.5) |
| Eating disorder | 14 (3.0) |
| Impulse control disorder | 43 (9.2) |
| ADHD/autism | 48 (10.2) |
| Adjustment disorder | 61 (13.0) |
| No or deferred diagnosis | 33 (7.0) |
| Other | 23 (4.9) |
| Primary diagnosis on Axis I | 208 (44.3) |
| Mean number of Axis I diagnoses (sd) [range] | 1.5 (0.81) [1–5] |
| Axis II | |
| Cluster A | 33 (7.0) |
| Cluster B | 210 (44.8) |
| Cluster C | 83 (17.7) |
| NOS | 52 (11.1) |
| No or deferred diagnosis | 89 (19.0) |
| Axis III any diagnosis | 152 (32.4) |
| Axis IV mean number of problems(sd) [range] | 3.3 (1.8) [0–9] |
| Axis V GAF-score | |
| 41–50 | 337 (71.9) |
| 31–40 | 98 (20.9) |
| 21–30 | 18 (3.8) |
| 10–20 | 15 (3.2) |
| Social contacts ≤3 | 387 (82.6) |
aDue to missing data on characteristics of 2 of 469 patients described by CPNs